The 2014 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival will be the longest one to date starting on September 19th and running through November 10th. This Food & Wine Festival promises to be the best one ever with a list of events that are sure to make any foodie excited.

Special Festival Experiences

Culinary Demonstrations

$15 per person, tax included. Epcot admission required.
Learn from celebrated chefs and beverage professionals at these 45-minute
culinary sessions; pick up a few tips, and best of all, taste the demonstrated
dish and beverage!

The Chocolate Experience: From Bean to the Bar

Hosted by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Included with your Epcot admission.
Immerse yourself in the sights, smells and flavors of Chocolate, the World's
most famous flavor! Marvel at chocolate sculptures created by our own Walt
Disney World Resort Pastry Chefs and explore the journey chocolate must take
to get from the bean to the bar. Don't miss your chance to sample chocolates,
purchase gourmet drinking chocolate, select a wine and chocolate pairing
and shop for a bag of your favorite Ghirardelli Gourmet Chocolates.

Where: Festival Welcome Center
When: Daily, 9:00 am-Park Close

Back to Basics - NEW!

Included with your Epcot admission.
Turn ho-hum into YUM YUM! Back to Basics offers epicurean tips and tricks
from the pros that may seem simple but can have a profound effect on your
next dinner party.

Book Signings and Meet & Greets

Included with your Epcot admission.
Don't miss the opportunity to chat with a celebrated author or personality. Be
sure to have your purchased book/merchandise item autographed. Please
check the daily schedules for featured authors and personalities or visit the
Festival Center Information Desk.

Bottle Signings

Included with Epcot admission.
Meet the Beverage Experts and have your purchased bottle of wine
autographed for a great souvenir! Check the daily schedules for topics and
presenters or visit the Festival Center Information Desk.

Special Culinary & Beverage Programs

- Reservations open at 7:00am July 31 st.
- Please note that Culinary & Beverage Programs and Festival Dining
Experiences require additional admission fees.
- Call 407-WDW-FEST (407-939-3378) or visit the Festival Welcome
Center at Epcot for additional information and reservations. You may
also visit www.epcotfoodfestival.com for the latest information.

Dining Through the Decades, A Tribute to Walt Disney - New!

A plate of magic, a side of fantasy, paired with a glass of inspiration and wonder.
This may not sound like your ordinary meal, but then again Walt Disney was
no ordinary man. Join us for Dining Through the Decades, A Tribute to Walt
Disney, on evening where we celebrate the life and creative inspiration of our
founder Walt Disney. Discover and sample some of Walt's favorite meals at
interactive cooking stations and pair your dishes with specially selected wines,
each with their own unique Disney connection. This isn't just dinner, its dining
happily ever after.

Experience Puerto Rico - The All Star Island

From pristine beaches to majestic mountain peaks blanketed in lush tropical
forests; discover Puerto Rico, a land rich in cultural tradition, enticing cuisine
and world class entertainment. Let the gen~e island breeze lead you to tasting
stations offering mouth-watering Puerto Rican favorites and hand-crafted
cocktails featuring Puerto Rico's world renowned rum brands. Though the
evening will inevitably end, your memories of the Enchanted Island will last a
lifetime.

"3D" Disney's Dessert Discovery

Join us for a dessert lover's dream! During the Festival, select Friday evenings
become truly delicious with a variety of desserts and samplings of cordials
certain to please any sweet tooth. Afterwards enjoy V.I.P. viewing of
IIluminations: Reflections of Earth.

·Sweet Seats" is an exclusive area within ·3D" Disney's Dessert Discovery.
This upgraded experience includes a private reserved table, entrance into
World ShowPlace 15 minutes before general admission, specialty beverage,
a unique dessert offering and more. Limited Availability.

Special Culinary & Beverage Programs

Our Boot Camp series is an interactive adventure which invites you to sharpen
your skills and discover new ones. Refine your abilities from the worlds of
cuisine and libation. Grow your confidence and build your inspiration to
tackle epicurean challenges you never thought possible. Join us at Boot Camp
and discover your inner Chef. Your experience will be memorable and the
revelations will leave you hungry for more.

Sunday Mornings with...- Hosted by Disney Vacation Club~ - NEW!

Begin your day with a delightful, plated brunch accompanied by an assortment
of freshly baked breakfast breads and a sparkling wine toast. Save room for
dessert as a highly acclaimed Pastry Chef or Baker takes the stage and crafts
three of their favorite desserts that are as pleasing to the eye as they are for
you to sample.

Food For Thought - NEW!

Learn the dish behind the dish.
A great Author tells stories with words in a book. A great Chef tells stories with
food on a plate. Join the conversation as celebrated Chefs share their own
appetizing tips and techniques. Savor the personal stories that have led them
down the road to culinary success. Indulge in the tales that have defined their
life's tourney. As the story unfolds you'll be treated to three unique offerings
from the Chef's own cookbook; because as everyone knows, the finest pairing
is great food and great conversation among friends.

September 20 with Max McColman featuring English Cheeses and American Wines
September 27 with Max McColman featuring United States Cheeses and Craft Beers
October 4 with Erin Hedley featuring France Cheeses and Wines
October 18 with Max McColman featuring Spanish Cheeses and Wines
October 25 with David Gremmels featuring United States Cheeses and Wines
November 1 with Max McColman featuring Italian Cheeses and Wines
November 8 with Max McColman featuring A Taste of Europe, Cheeses and Wines

FESTIVAL EVENTS IN MEXICO

Mexican Tequila Lunch

Although the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival focuses primarily on
wines, as its name suggests, the annual event increasingly has been offering
other beverage tastings, These tastings will complement a selected Mexican
regional cuisine, and offer Festival Guests the opportunity to learn more
about tequila and spirits,

FESTIVAL EVENTS IN ITALY

Italian Food & Beer Pairing

Via Napoli is proud to host the Italian food and beer pairings. These beers
have been selected by our chef to complement his style of authentic Italian
dishes, and they have been chosen for their robust Flavor, as well as their
heritage. The beer pairing will be held at Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
which will transport you to an Italian villa like those of Naples, Italy.

Italian Food & Wine Pairing

Our chef will pair southern Italian style cooking with a variety of Italian wines
that best compliment his creations. Southern Italian wines have a very rich
heritage and have always complemented the regions of their birth. These
pairings will be held in Via Napoli, Ristorante e Pizzeria a pizzeria that has
been designed by Italian Architects to pay tribute to Naples, Italy.

Italian Regional Food &Wine Pairing Luncheon

The Tutto Gusto wine pairing event will showcase a variety of regional
Italian Wines, these wines have been selected to pair perfectly with freshly
prepared Italian dishes. The pairings will be presented in the Tutto Gusto
Wine Cellar that has been modeled on an authentic rustic Italian wine cellar.
Where: Tutto Gusto at Tutto Italia Ristorante, Italy at Epcot

Special Culinary & Beverage Programs

FESTIVAL EVENTS IN ITALY

Italian Truffle Dinner - NEW!

The Tutto Italic wine pairing event will showcase a variety of regional Italian
wines that have been selected to pair perfectly with house-made Italian dishes
prepared with imported White Truffles. The pairings will be presented at Tutto
Italia Ristorante, modeled on an authentic Italian summer villa.

FESTIVAL EVENTS IN FRANCE

Parisian Breakfast

Chefs de France introduces Breakfast in Paris, Start your morning "a Ia
Parisienne" with a Mimosa, freshly made baguettes, brioches & croissants,
unlimited coffee (make it ·au lait"I), tea, hot chocolate and orange juice. Our
hand shaped baguettes are made from scratch every morning in ·les Halles
Boulangerie Patisserie right next door and take 48 hours to make from start
to finish. The best way to enjoy them is directly out of the oven with butter and
Bonne Maman confiture (fruit preserveJ, this is what the French call a tartine.
You will feel like you were transported overnight to Paris without the jetlag), a
great way to start your Food & Wine weekend!

French Regional Lunches

The French Regional Lunches are back by popular demand! To be held at the
newly renovated Monsieur Paul Restaurant on Fridays and Sundays. Every
week enjoy a different 4 course lunch prepared by the chefs from Mr. Paul
restaurant and paired with wines presented by a visiting winery principal. Bon
Appetit!

Special Culinary & Beverage Programs

FESTIVAL EVENTS IN FRANCE

Mixology Series:

Shake and Indulge Like the French featuring Grand Marnier

Join us for a new hands on experience featuring Grand Marnier & Valrhona
Chocolate! Experience an exciting afternoon of hand crafted cocktails and
sweet chocolate treats! After a Grand Kappa Sour welcome cocktail it's your
turn to become the mixologist. Our Master Mixologist will lead you through a
tutorrial of 3 distinct cocktails featuring Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge, Grand
Marnier Raspberry Peach, and Grand Marnier Titanium, each of which will
be expertly paired with some dessert made with Valrhona chocolate by the
pastry chefs at Monsieur Paul.

FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE EVENT IN JAPAN

The "Hibachi" Experience

Guests are treated to a memorable and interactive experience showcasing six
courses with one featuring Wagyu Beef prepared at your table by our Teppan
Chefs. Each course will demonstrate comparative cooking technique, or
ingredient. all while spotlighting the art of Japanese Teppan cooking. Specially
selected sake will compliment each course of your culinary discovery.

FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE EVENT IN MOROCCO

Mediterranean Food & Wine Pairing - NEW!

Discover the magic of Mediterranean dining with a specially created menu
crafted by expert Chefs. Guests will be treated to cuisine from both land and
sea. Each new plate is paired with carefully selected wines and serves as a
showcase of unique Mediterranean and Moroccan inspiration. Between the
exotic Flavors and the vibrant decor of the newly opened Spice Road Table,
you will feel as though you have been magically transported to a Moroccan
sea shore.

Food & Wine Pairings

These afternoon sessions are great opportunities to discover a marriage of
three regional wines with three tasting-size portions of regional cuisines from
Japan and Morocco. A wine representative will moderate each session and
these will vary according to location. Featured wines and menu selections will
change daily.
Where: Japan and Morocco at Epcot
Price: Prices listed are per person, plus tax, gratuity included
- Epcot admission required.

Special Culinary & Beverage Programs

Culinary Adventures in Signature Dining

Walt Disney World signature restaurants welcome you to a magical and
memorable meal. The resident chef will prepare a magnificent culinary
experience as a hosting winery presenting the accompanying wines for each
dinner. Prices are per person plus tax, gratuity included.

*Theme Park Admission will be required
for restaurants located within a Theme Park

Party for the Senses

Feast on this tribute to the sensory arts! Begin your evening with a reserved
seat at the Eat to the Beat concert series at the America Gardens Theatre.
Following the show, World ShowPlace Events Pavilion becomes the setting for
a sensational evening where you can wander among tempting tasting stations.
Returning this year, Cirque du Soleil, featuring awe inspiring acts!

Category #3: Party for the Senses

Enjoy all of the sights, sounds and of course tastes that Party for the Senses
has to offer as you explore more than 50 tasting stations throughout the event.
limited seating is available as you dine and sip your way through the evening.
Check-in: World ShowPlace Events Pavilion
Price: $149 per person, plus tax, gratuity included
- Epcot admission required.